Fernando Alonso finished more than 1.5s clear of his nearest challenger on an encouraging first day of in-season testing for McLaren at Silverstone. read more »

McLaren power unit partner Honda has described the partnership's performance during Friday practice for the British Grand Prix as "surprisingly encouraging", as… read more »

SILVERSTONE, Great Britain -- Honda says the results from the first day of running its engine upgrade were "surprisingly encouraging" as both McLaren's finished... read more »

Max Verstappen reckons Red Bull can emerge as Mercedes' closest challengers at this weekend's British Grand Prix, after an encouraging second practice session… read more »

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says the squad's showing at its home Grand Prix in Austria was "really encouraging", as Max Verstappen finished on the… read more »

Christian Horner says the performance of Red Bull Racing around one of its toughest venues gives him much encouragement going forward. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says Red Bull is already "pretty close" to perfecting its set-up for the Austrian Grand Prix after an encouraging opening day of practice in... read more »

Sergio Perez believes Force India can continue its recent form after an encouraging pair of practice sessions at the European Grand Prix. Perez and team-mate Nico Hulkenberg... read more »

Fernando Alonso says McLaren simply lacked pace to be competitive in Canada as the outfit's string of races inside the points came to an end. McLaren had scored points... read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr. believes Toro Rosso can achieve another points finish after an encouraging day of practice for the Canadian Grand Prix. Sainz Jr. has scored points in four of... read more »

McLaren Racing Director Eric Boullier accepted the outfit held hopes of being more competitive in Monaco, but was nonetheless encouraged by a double points… read more »

Sebastian Vettel led the way during a tightly-contested final practice session for the Monaco Grand Prix. Vettel clocked a lap of 1:14.650 to edge out Mercedes' Lewis... read more »

Stoffel Vandoorne says McLaren has made encouraging progress with its MP4-31 since he made his Formula 1 debut at last month's Bahrain Grand Prix. Vandoorne returned to... read more »

Williams chief Pat Symonds is hopeful that the outfit can translate its form from testing into pace at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix. All eight days of pre-season... read more »

After putting in an encouraging point scoring performance at the Russian Grand Prix, former F1 driver David Coulthard has said Kevin Magnussen could be a World Champion one day... read more »

Fernando Alonso reckons McLaren can make it through to Q3 at the Russian Grand Prix after an encouraging pair of Friday practice sessions for the team in Russia. Alonso... read more »

It's encouraging that we managed to get both cars into the top 10 this afternoon. read more »

Daniil Kvyat is sure that Red Bull can fight among the leading pack throughout the course of 2016 after an encouraging start to the current campaign. Red Bull secured four... read more »

McLaren driver Fernando Alonso is hopeful that the outfit can continue to make progress after acknowledging that competition in the midfield is "very tough." McLaren... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen accepts that Ferrari needs to work on its reliability after a mixed start to the 2016 season. Ferrari has again emerged as Mercedes' nearest challenger,... read more »

Honda will focus on improving the top-end performance of its Formula 1 engine as McLaren looks to build on encouraging start to the 2016 season read more »

Sebastian Vettel led a Ferrari 1-2 during the final practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix. On Super Soft tyres, Vettel clocked a time of 1:31.683 to finish 0.040s clear... read more »

ESPN rounds up all the reaction following Friday practice for the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix. Mercedes Nico Rosberg: "I couldn't wait to get back in the car after a... read more »

As Friday's practice sessions came to a close, Australian Grand Prix champion Nico Rosberg has said that the two sessions he took part in were encouraging. read more »

The encouraging leap made from testing to Melbourne has shown what's possible. read more »